NAMIC ENGINEERING SAFETY AWARD

Instructions for Preparing a Nomination

Please use the nomination form for submitting a nomination. The nominator of the candidate for the NAMIC Engineering Safety Award shall submit a completed nomination form to headquarters by October 31.

All award nomination forms and letters of support are to be submitted to ASABE headquarters in the following electronic format only. Hard copy sent via regular mail will no longer be accepted.

The nomination form and required letters of support are to be sent as PDF files emailed to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt - flautt@asabe.org Nomination forms and letters of support submitted in this format will allow headquarters to send the documents electronically to the award selection committee. It is the responsibility of the nominator and authors of the support letters to verify that the PDF file appears as intended.

The required letters of support can be included with the nomination form or sent separately as a PDF file emailed to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt - flautt@asabe.org by October 31.

Nomination Form in MS Word format: namic.doc Word document to be completed, converted to a PDF file and emailed to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt – flautt@asabe.org

Free PDF converters are available such as - CutePDF Writer

Nomination Form: namic.pdf. It is recommended that you first fill out the PDF form, review, and then email to the attention of ASABE Awards Administrator, Carol Flautt – flautt@asabe.org

Past Recipients of the Award

Purpose of the Award

To encourage and to recognize outstanding contributions to research, design, education, or promotion, which advance agricultural safety engineering. These contributions shall have been either in the form of notable performance, product innovation, program innovation, published literature, and/or special actions which have served to advance agricultural safety. This award is not intended to recognize longevity of service only, but should always focus on the safety significance of a program, activity, or design. However, individuals making continuous long-term safety contributions are also eligible for consideration.

The Award

The name of the award shall be the NAMIC Engineering Safety Award. The award is sponsored by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), 3601 Vincennes Road, P.O. Box 68700, Indianapolis, IN 46268. This award was formerly called the Packer Engineering Safety Award.

The M-157 NAMIC Engineering Safety Award Committee will be responsible for the selection of the award recipient with final approval by the M-102 Awards Coordinating Committee.

The award shall consist of an appropriately engraved desk pen set. It will be presented to an individual and shall be a single award presented annually at the Annual International Meeting of the Society.

NOTE: Those nominating a candidate will be advised only if their candidate is selected. Each nominee will be considered by the award committee for two additional years if not selected the year nominated.

Eligibility for the Award

The recipient shall be a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The recipient shall have made noteworthy contributions to the advancement of safety as described above under
"Purpose of the Award."